Inmate remains hospitalized after stabbing

A prisoner at the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility reportedly was stabbed Wednesday evening at the facility, authorities with the Michigan Department of Corrections have confirmed.

The inmate, Curtis Doepel, told health care staff around 7:25 p.m. that he had been stabbed by another prisoner or prisoners, according to MDOC spokesperson Russell Marlan. Doepel had three puncture wounds in his back, and was transported by Life EMS to Sparrow Ionia Hospital.

All housing unit yards were shut down, Doepel’s unit was locked down, and the yards were swept in search of a possible weapon, Marlan said. He did not say whether one was found.

Doepel, who is serving sentences for police officer—assault/resist/obstruct and larceny in a building, remains hospitalized.